After Words Movie Poster Event Brite Announcement – Level 33 Entertainment is proud to announce the release of the feature film AFTER WORDS, a transformative & romantic adventure set largely in picturesque Costa Rica, starring Academy Award ® Winner Marcia Gay Harden (Fifty Shades of Grey, Pollock, Mystic River), Goya Award Winner and Platino Award Winner Óscar Jaenada (Cantinflas, Pirates...

Wikimedia Commons Today is the feast of Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic faith, and it is also Mother’s Day in Costa Rica as well as in some regions of Belgium. Home appliances are some of the most traditional presents for mothers in Costa Rica on their special day; some of the most popular choices are stoves, refrigerators and washing m...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to enormous popular demand, IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and Universal Pictures today announced that Universal and Amblin Entertainment's global-record-breaking film, Jurassic World, will receive a special week-long engagement in domestic IMAX® 3D theatres beginning Aug. 28. Since its record-setting global IMAX release on June 12, Jurassic...

Source: Wikimedia Common3 Los Angeles, Aug 11 (EFE).- Colombian actress Sofia Vergara confirmed that she would be the voice of Bart Simpson's new teacher on the animated television series "The Simpsons." Vergara, who has previously voiced characters on "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show," will have a role in this season's episode 27, "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles," which will air on...

Sabrina Luxury Collection LAS VEGAS, Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This week leading international luxury travel network, Virtuoso®, is conducting its 27th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference – an event akin to Fashion Week where travel buyers seek out the latest trends in luxury experiences by meeting with thousands of travel purveyors, all preferred partners of the network. At the center ...

Source: Nicole Carboni Facebook The 2015 Miss Costa Rica beauty pageant culminated over the weekend with the traditional crowning of the new Queen of all Ticos, who also received a sash, a bouquet, and an earful of snide comments about how the fix was in the entire time. Each year, there seems to be at least one Miss Costa Rica contestant who: A – Was not crowned Miss Costa Rica B – Cla...

Since late May 2015, major airlines in North America have been announcing great deals on low airfares to Costa Rica, and this trend seems to be developing into an all-out war. The ongoing airfare battle has been reported on by The Costa Rica Star over the last few months. One of the first airlines to launch an initial salvo in this battle for cheap plane tickets was Volaris, which operates in M...

Wikimedia Commons By Alexandra Mendoza San Diego, Aug 7 (EFE).- Since Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump made his controversial remarks about Mexicans, the piñata fashioned to look like him has been a must-have at Latino parties, where it is given a few whacks for what the magnate thinks about immigrants. "In the 14 years we've been making piñatas, this is the first time we've ...

PR-Inside.com: 2015-08-07 -- Sacred Warrior’s Vanessa Chakour and powerhouse yogi, wellness educator and internationally known musician, Bibi McGill are running two back to back retreats in Costa Rica later this year, with a corresponding online course starting in October. The retreats will offer daily yoga and Sacred Warrior boxing, plant medicine, vegan meals, ceremony, jungle hikes with animals...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Aug 4 (EFE).- Bruce Willis, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg will be part of the cast for Woody Allen's next film, an as yet untitled project that will begin filming this month in New York and Los Angeles, the moviemaker announced on Tuesday. Also appearing in the film will be Parker Posey, who was in Allen's "Irrational Man," Blake Lively, Jeannie Berlin, Cor...

2015 National Geographic Photo Contest Winner WASHINGTON (Aug. 3, 2015)—Selected from more than 17,000 entries, an underwater photograph of divers swimming near a humpback whale taken by Anuar Patjane Floriuk of Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, has won the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest grand prize. Floriuk wins an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and the ...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Aug 1 (EFE).- Spanish actor Antonio Banderas will play the lead character in the TV series "Havana Quartet," based on the Mario Conde police procedural thrillers created by Cuban journalist Leonardo Padura, the Starz channel's CEO Chris Albrecht announced. Banderas and Cuba's "Magic City" author Eduardo Machado are executive producers of the series, while Mach...

Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Jul 27 (EFE).- U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio is in far southern Argentina to shoot the final scenes of "The Revenant," directed by Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, the recent winner of the Oscar for Best Picture for "Birdman." The Hollywood star arrived in the city of Ushuaia on Sunday and will remain there for four days filming several scenes that it was ...

"48 Hours Mystery logo" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia 48 HOURS: "Paradise Lost" was Saturday's #1 broadcast at 10:00 PM with the key adult news demographic and viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for July 25. 48 HOURS was also the #1 program for the night in viewers. 48 HOURS (R) (10:00-11:00 PM) delivered 4.16 million viewers and a 1.0/04 with adult...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Jul 27 (EFE).- Thirty-five women who say they were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Bill Cosby give details of their accusations in the latest edition of New York Magazine, published on Monday. The women's black-and-white photos of them seated in similar poses - and next to a vacant chair representing others who have not been able to make their accusations...

Sony Pictures Beijing, Jul 25 (EFE).- Producers of the American science fiction comedy "Pixels," which debuted this week in the United States and Europe, changed the film's screenplay to avoid offending China and ensure access to that market, leaked internal e-mails appear to show. Among the thousands of internal Sony Pictures Entertainment e-mails made public by WikiLeaks in recent months,...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE London, Jul 22 (EFE).- The makers of "Spectre," the 24th installment in the James Bond saga, on Wednesday unveiled the first full-length trailer for the film, which features the usual mix of spectacular explosions, high-speed chases and gorgeous women. The two-minute, 32-second...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Portland, Maine (PRWEB) July 22, 2015 – CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange is expanding short-term study abroad offerings to increase access to international education opportunities for U.S. undergraduates of all academic disciplines and majors. Beginning in 2016, the leading nonprofit international education and exchange organization will offer 36 ne...

San Francisco, Jul 21 (EFE).- Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro is currently in negotiations to play a villain in the eighth "Star Wars" film to be produced by Lucasfilm, Variety magazine reported. The publication says that an agreement has not yet been struck between the studio and Del Toro, and among the other actors being considered for the part is Joaquin Phoenix. Variety says that act...

Source: BBCEarth.com The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning to increase its footprint in Latin America with BBC Earth, a specialty channel that is hoping to capture the burgeoning market of television viewers looking for quality programming related to nature, science, technology, and adventure. According to a news report filed by Emiliano de Pablos for entertainment industry...

Wikimedia Commons By Maria Eugenia Fernandez Montevideo, Jul 20 (EFE).- Uruguayan Emilio Arenas, the holder of five Guinness records as the king of pencils and one as the top fan of ashtrays, is poised to earn yet another for his collection of 18,300 pencils, a treasure trove that he told EFE comes second only to his family. The septuagenarian, who runs the Granja Arenas tourist attracti...

Corpse Garden FuturePR - Corpse Garden has teamed up with both Godz ov War and Third Eye Temple for a tape release of their second album Entheogen. The release, due out this autumn continues what has already been a busy year for the band, from their recent CD and digital release of the same album through both Russia’s Satanath Records & Germany’s RTM Productions. Corpse Garden has been ...

"Rachel McAdams 3" by SpreePiX Berlin - flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons A knife. Specifically, a Swiss Army knife. In the current season of the acclaimed television series True Detective, Canadian actress Rachel McAdams plays Detective Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides, a dauntless character who is not easily scared despite having to deal with very dangerous situations. In re...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Jul 16 (EFE).- Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Neil Young says he is pulling all of his music from streaming services, citing "the worst quality in the history of broadcasting." "Streaming has ended for me. I hope this is ok for my fans," the 69-year-old member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wrote on Facebook. "It's not because of the money, altho...

Source: katyperry.com Pop star Katy Perry may include Costa Rica as an October destination in her current World Tour, but this information is currently in the rumor stage. According to entertainment reporter Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the tentative concert is being negotiated by the Venezuelan firm Eventos y Promociones, known as EvenPro. This concert and event promot...

Cafe Britt Shop Cafe Britt, the Costa Rican company known for their gourmet coffee and direct delivery model, announces the launch of a new version of their website.  Britt enjoys a reputation as innovative and customer-focused and their new website highlights these qualities. "At Cafe Britt we are constantly seeking ways to improve the customer experience," Britt's CEO, Pablo Vargas, said....

Source: Discovery Miami, Jul 9 (EFE).- The Discovery en Español television channel starting July 13 will air the "Cuban Chrome" docu-series about classic automobiles, filmed exclusively in Cuba and narrated by Cuban-American actor William Levy, the company announced Thursday. The production explores the culture of vintage automobiles on the Caribbean island through "the men and women who pu...

Washington, Jul 8 (EFE).- United Airlines said Wednesday it was forced to ground all its flights around the world due to computer problems. About 3,500 flights around the world were affected, the U.S.-based carrier said. "We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning. We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience," the airline said in a messag...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Jul 6 (EFE).- Actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, cast members of the series "That '70s Show," were married this weekend in a very private ceremony in Los Angeles that they typically kept out of the spotlight, People magazine reported Monday. Kunis, 31, and Kutcher, 37, announced their engagement a year and a half ago. The news, which has not yet been offi...

Self-esteem, proper nutrition, communication, and overall health: these are just four of the holistic factors that make dental treatments an essential part of life.   In Western culture, dental appearance is strongly linked to self-esteem; in fact, taking children to see the orthodontist is both a rite of passage and a parental anxiety in the Americas as well as in Europe. Elderly patie...

New York, Jul 3 (EFE).- JetBlue made its first weekly flight Friday between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Havana's Jose Marti International Airport as part of the measures taken in recent months to restore relations between Cuba and the United States. According to a communique from the airline, JetBlue becomes the first large U.S. airline to serve this route since restric...

Faith No More dressed up during a recent charity concert in ChileOn the same day Costa Rica will celebrate 193 years of independence, iconic rock band Faith No More will visit for the first time in their history, which dates back to 1981. Faith No More will play a live concert on the grounds of Viva Park, a former racetrack that was acquired by media leviathan Grupo Nacion a few years ago.Althoug...

Stephanie Rostran Facebook For more than 40 years, the Teletica television network of Costa Rica has broadcast the Miss Universe beauty pageant and administered the Miss Costa Rica franchise. This year, however, Teletica (Channel 7) has decided to not send the Miss Costa Rica beauty queen to the Miss Universe competition, and it will also refrain from broadcasting the international pageant. ...

Stephanie Rostran Facebook In the aftermath of the offensive and racially-tinged remarks made by real estate magnate, reality television star and presidential hopeful Donald Trump, two countries have already decided to not participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Thus far, Mexico and Bolivia have confirmed their intentions to pull out of the Miss Universe pageant. Although the Miss ...

Victoria Xipolitakis Facebook Buenos Aires, Jun 29 (EFE).- Famous Argentine model Victoria Xipolitakis denied, through her attorney, any responsibility for her presence in the cabin of an Aerolineas Argentinas airliner and announced that she plans to file suit against the pilot and copilot for sexual harassment. "(Xipolitakis) was not responsible, there were people who did not do what they ...

Wikimedia Commons Brasilia, Jun 29 (EFE).- Some 3,350 Web sites have been set up to promote sex tourism in Brazil, press reports said. The top city for sex tourism is Rio de Janeiro, which will host the Summer Olympics next year, the O Globo newspaper reported, citing a study by consulting firm Axur. "Unforgettable erotic vacations amid the beauty and enchantment of Rio de Janeiro, on th...

Source: Kevin Roldan Twitter Santiago, Jun 27 (EFE).- Colombian reggaeton rapper Kevin Roldan, known for performing at the birthday party of Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, was freed in Chile after being arrested for allegedly attacking a woman, the artist said Saturday. "Goodnight thank God I'm well and with a clear conscience," the artist wrote on his Instagram profile. "God...

Wikimedia Commons Miami, Jun 25 (EFE).- Spanish-language television network Univision on Thursday announced that it is breaking relations with Donald Trump's beauty contest business because of offensive comments about Mexicans made by the Republican presidential hopeful. "Today, the entertainment division of Univision Communications Inc. announced that it is ending the company's business re...

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - June 23, 2015) - JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU), the largest airline in Boston, today announced plans to enhance service at Logan International Airport as part of its long-term commitment to serve both business and leisure travelers who have made the airline the city's top carrier. As part of the expansion, JetBlue will introduce Mint, its highly acclaimed take on premium t...

Source: Four Seasons Costa Rica Four Seasons Media Release -- On Thursday, July 30, 2015 the talented culinary team at Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo will host a very special evening to celebrate the addition of culinary outlets Sol y Sombra Latin Market & Seafood Grill and Cena Sociale Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City...